PIONEERS' PATHWAY Part 1 Merredin to Trayning WA WESTERN AUSTRALIA

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Trayning, Western Australia
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Western Australia
Population: 122
Established: 1912
Postcode: 6488
Location: 236 km (147 mi) from Perth
44 km (27 mi) from Perth

History
When the Dowerin to Merredin railway was planned in 1910, Trayning was selected as the site for a siding. Land was set aside for a townsite to be named Trayning Siding in 1910, but when it was surveyed and gazetted in 1912 it was named Trayning. The townsite is named after Trayning Well, the Aboriginal name of a nearby water source located on an old road from Goomalling to the eastern goldfields. It was first recorded by a surveyor in 1892, and allegedly derives from the Aboriginal word 'During' meaning 'snake in the grass by the campfire'.[1]


[edit] Present day
The town is a tourist base for exploring local wildflowers, has a single-officer police station, a K-7 primary school with 50 students that was opened in 1912, a 25-metre swimming pool and two 18-hole golf courses. An attraction is the annual Tractor Pull Mud Bog & Burnout.

Nungarin, Western Australia
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Nungarin
Western Australia
Population: 100
Established: 1910s
Postcode: 6490
Elevation: 296 m (971 ft)
Location: 278 km (173 mi) ENE of Perth
39 km (24 mi) N of Merredin
40 km (25 mi) S of Mukinbudin

LGA: Shire of Nungarin
State District: Central Wheatbelt
Federal Division: O'Connor
Coordinates: 31°11′13″S 118°06′04″E / 31.187°S 118.101°E / -31.187; 118.101
Nungarin is a town located in the North Eastern Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, approximately 278 kilometres (173 mi) east of Perth and 39 kilometres (24 mi) north of Merredin. It is the main town in the Shire of Nungarin.


[edit] History
In October 1910, 1,486 acres (6.01 km2) at Avon Location 14227 and 14230 were set aside as a townsite reserve along the Dowerin to Merredin railway.[1] The townsite itself was gazetted in 1912.[2]

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